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Much appreciated, Doc 🫡 Another one I saw yesterday and I just have to post. Photo by Dorothea Lange, from the Library of Congress: San Francisco, Calif. Apr. 1942. Pals at Weill Public School - Yuichi Sumi, left, of Japanese ancestry, and Tommy Wong of Chinese descent, on one of the last days before evacuation of Californians of Japanese ancestry, under US Army Exclusion Order No. 20, Sumi will be housed in a War Relocation Authority center for the duration of the war. A gut-wrenching story that should not soon be forgotten. Yuichi looks to be wearing a crisp 506 (or 213?), or another brand's knockoff. Tommy in a very interesting v-neck sweat, with pockets on the waistband ribbing?

@Lorcan Fantastic taste, I think those 42's might be my next pair

Thank you, @Dr_Heech! I was hoping one of the resident historians would chime in to confirm my suspicions. What gives the match strike pair away as being a 37 rather than an early war model? From that angle it doesn't look like there is, or ever was, a cinch. Here's another shot of him.

A couple shots by Marion Post Wolcott. If you zoom in you can read the lot and size numbers. Match strikes on the right hamstring. Patch removed, cinch as well, or possibly an S501 with watch pocket rivets.

@dennnnnnnnn They don't look too bad considering that's pre-soak. I have found in my limited experience that a nice hot wash and dry can help a garment settle into itself, so to speak. From what I've seen/read (mostly on here) the marbling on a pair of Denime's is unavoidable, but you can always try to mitigate it by turning off the spin cycle, then when they're done roll them up in towel and squeeze out what water you can, unroll and smooth out the wrinkles before tossing in the drier. You've already got them wet, so I think it's worth a try.

@dennnnnnnnn Regarding the shrinkage, just the hot soak probably didn't get all the shrinkage out; a proper hot wash with heavy agitation and a spin in the drier would be what I would do if I were looking to shrink them as much as possible. Without fit pics or a further description of how the jeans fit everywhere else, it's hard to say for sure what your issue is. The 800xx is a mid rise that I assume you wear around your hips, but the 220 is a higher rise meant to be worn closer to the natural waist. A high rise will almost always necessitate a trimmer waist measurement (assuming you don't have a gut), as the stomach is elastic while the hips are not.

@swiss-jeansfreak @Dr_Heech Much appreciated fellas!

Went to put on my jeans (LVC 1944) for work last Monday and noticed that the crotch stitching had begun failing (that famed Levi's quality ) I slipped into my Canes instead and after work I went and raided my dad's work bench; among the boxes of nuts, bolts, screws, and nails, there was of course a box of odds and ends. After a bit of sifting I found a few copper rivets in all different sizes, the smallest looking like it would work to shore up my crotch. I used an awl to make the hole, pushed the post through, put the head on, and used a pair of pliers and a hammer to secure it in place (couldn't find a setter so I made do.) A pair of snips removed the excess post, and I hammered it flat.

AO, Sugar Cane x2, Padmore & Barnes

@indigoeagle I reached out to them via Instagram and this is the response I received, “We don’t offer mail order about slash overalls. The items will be sold by lottery to customers who visit the store.” Their handle is barnstormer_daily

@indigoeagle I ordered from them through Buyee just last week, they did move a little slower than other Japanese shops I've purchased from, it was about a day from when I made the order to when Buyee confirmed the purchase and then another 3 days to ship.

@yochrisahn you can check out my post in the denim jackets thread here, but if you poke around this thread enough you should find the info you're looking for

American Optical, Dee Cee, Sugar Cane, Clarks

Freewheelers, Columbia, Coronado Leather, LVC, Padmore & Barnes Last day cool enough to wear a jacket, as summer looks like it will rear its devilish head tomorrow. Saddest day of the year, every year.

Thanks guys, it is indeed handsome. @ATWM I owe you special thanks, your comparison to the cut of the sugar cane 1953 gave me confidence in buying despite the lack of measurements. You were spot on, the shoulders are sloped and the armholes are a bit small, it feels like its one size bigger than my SC, which is a 38. @Maynard Friedman As an american who has no interest in soccer, you're lucky that didn't go right over my head 🤣 If you mentioned the price to a, uh, "layman" they might believe you!

Got lucky a couple weeks ago and found this CR07. It was listed without measurements on mercari, but I couldn't pass it up; the first and only one I've seen in months of regular searching, and it's got almost no wear to boot.

American Optical, Vintage, Sugar Cane, Georgia Boot

American Optical, Frostproof, Jockey, Coronado Leather, Sugar Cane, Clarks

M41057 Picked these up on a bit of a whim, I’ve been interested in the vaunted M series for a few months, browsing Mercari and yahoo sporadically at work. I saw these the other week, still nice and dark, listed much cheaper than comparable pairs, so I pulled the trigger. I’ve put just one wear into them, but I think I’m understanding the hype.

Baracuta, Warehouse, 3sixteen, Chucks

Thank you! Wish my old lady would say the same, but it's usually just, "Jeans? Again?" 😭

American Optical, Sugar Cane, RRL, Coronado Leather, LVC, Padmore & Barnes

Thanks for the welcome @Double 0 Soul! I’m a couple years younger than most of you fellas, so traditional forums like this were once a bit foreign to me. After being on all the big social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, tumblr, twitter) heavily as youth, I ditched it all around the time I graduated high school. Reddit was really the only social media platform I interacted with and how I eventually found this place (from the cesspool that is the raw denim subreddit.) I think @beautiful_FrEaK or @shredwin_206 mentioned SuFu over there, I was delighted to find people who were not only much more knowledgeable, but could actually dress well posting here. It only took a couple of months of lurking for me to decide to bite the bullet and pay the initiation fee, you guys are such a wealth of information and entertainment that I feel the 10 bucks is truly worth it (though it’s cost me just a bit more than that in jeans!) As for how I got into denim, I’ve always enjoyed clothes. I got my first pair of raw jeans in high school during the APC/size down craze, a pair of 511s that never really fit me how I wanted (I couldn’t size down, I actually used to size up to fit my calves and quads.) I tried a couple other slim-fit budget pairs over the years (Uniqlo, Naked and Famous) but I couldn’t get the fit right. Eventually as the slim-fit started to fall out of fashion, I realized that higher rises fit me better. I started wearing old 501s almost exclusively, and after a couple of years I got bored of basically being restricted to mid and light wash jeans. I decided it was time for a pair of raw denim and headed into the city, after Self Edge had nothing that fit me in my price range they recommended I go over to 3sixteen, where the classic straight fit was perfect for me. They were my only jeans for a good while, getting worn to the office occasionally and on weekends, but eventually my will power gave out. I recently caved and have acquired a few pairs of 40s repros 😂

Getting buzzed... American Optical, 3sixteen, Vintage Shirt, LVC, Stepney Workers Club

American Optical, Freewheelers, Dickies (vintage), Coronado Leather, LVC, Clark's, watery cup of cafeteria coffee